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Wednesday, March 20, 2013

18 Things by @JamieMAyres: Your #CQPromo Deal of the Day

Hello, lovelies,

Curiosity Quills' leprechaun has definitely over imbided. Last time I saw him, he was clog dancing his way through Mecca Amazon's warehouse with a pricing gun and a serious case of the giggles. This is good news for you, because 18 Things by Jamie Ayres is one of the wonderful Curiosity Quills titles he's slashed prices on... and I have all the details for you!

Summary: Can eighteen things save a life?Olga Gay Worontzoff thinks her biggest problems are an awful name
and not attending prom with Conner, her best friend and secret crush since
kindergarten.Then, Conner is killed in a freak boating accident and Olga feels
responsible for his death. When she downs an entire bottle of pills to deal
with the emotional pain, her parents force her into counseling. There, her
therapist writes a prescription in the form of a life list titled "18
Things": eighteen quests to complete the year of her eighteenth birthday.But there's more to Olga’s quests than meets the eye and when her
therapist reveals a terrifying secret, her world is shaken.There’s only one thing she knows for certain: her choices won’t
just affect her future, but all eternity.

Jamie Ayres writes young adult paranormal love stories by night and teaches very young adults as a public school teacher by day. When not at home on her laptop or at school, she can often be found at a local book store grabbing random children and reading to them. So far, she has not been arrested for this. She lives in southwest Florida with her prince charming, two children (sometimes three based on how Mr. Ayres is acting), and a basset hound. She spent her youthful summers in Grand Haven, Michigan and this setting provided the inspiration for her debut novel, 18 Things. She really does have grandmothers named Olga and Gay but unlike her heroine, she’s thankfully not named after either one of them. She loves lazy pajama days, the first page of a good book, stupid funny movies, and sharing stories with fantastic people like you.